John Rasmussen
Director of Art Gallery & Curator
Katzen Gallery
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Degrees
PhD, Anthropological Linguistics, American University
MA, Anthropology, American University
MA, Arts Management, American University
MFA, Painting, American University
BA, Art, Whitman College (Walla Walla, Washington)
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AU Museum Celebrates Washington Project for the Arts
Work by feminist artist Claudia DeMonte and Ed McGowin’s 12 personas also on display....
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AU Museum Receives Contemporary Israeli Art
The Rothfeld Collection of Contemporary Israeli Art chronicles Israel’s history, includes prominent ...
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Celebrating inSPIRATion
The inspiration exhibit enters its final week at the American University Museum....
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AU Museum Opens 2012 with Paintings as a Path to Enlightenment
Spanish artist Gabbaron exhibits for first time in Washington, and a Baltimore artist’s works explore ...
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Podesta Collection, Rosskam Exhibits at the AU Museum
Other opening exhibits include a tribute to 9/11 and an exploration of underground space....
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A Monument to NO at the American University Museum
Other exhibitions include metaphorical portrait of Brzezinski family, glacier sculpture, student-curated ...
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The Museum’s Muse
No one knew what the AU Museum would be when it opened in 2005—Jack Rasmussen brought it to life....
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Furniture-Based Sculpture at the AU Museum
Nicole Eisenman’s humorous, cartoonish, and “decidedly queer” paintings also on view....
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Groundbreaking Spanish Design at AU Museum
New, site-specific art by Sam Gilliam, student works and art documenting cultural history of Tenleytown ...
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Anarchy, Revolution, and Anti-Terrorism at the AU Museum
New exhibitions also include D.C. woman’s collection and the geometric abstractions of Jacob Kainen....
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Works by Kung Fu Panda Designer at the American University Museum
New exhibitions also explore how a flood became one artist’s gift and products of an artistic collaboration....
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New Exhibit Trains Camera Lenses on the Environment
Mexican art examining the influence of artist and audience, Sam Gilliam's site-specific art also on ...
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Accident and Intent
Legendary D.C. artist Tom Green's current American University Museum exhibition closes on Sunday, March ...
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AU Alumni Exhibit Is Artists’ Take on School Spirit
Largest painting installation by BG Muhn, sculptures by former NASA architect also open....
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AU Museum Opens Six New Exhibits by Women Artists
Exhibitions open through the middle of Women’s History Month feature D.C.-centric, political, and environmental ...
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Legendary D.C. Artist Tom Green’s Work at the Katzen
Exhibition offering in-depth retrospective will launch 2010 Katzen Museum season. ...
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Australian Indigenous Art on Display at the Katzen
Exhibition is largest of its kind to travel to United States, makes debut at AU....
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Postwar Lebanese Art at the American University Museum
Exhibition includes nearly 50 works by 29 artists—more than a third of them women—based primarily in ...
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Carving a Niche
American University Museum director and curator Jack Rasmussen discusses the museum's five-year evolution....
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